New Travels

Ok so today started off with Ange literally pulling me out of bed up by the arms, we had a mission today, we had to go to our Professor Scott’s house in Kyoto and seek out traveling advice. This was a great chance for us to get down and dirty with our professor and ask him the questions we couldn’t be bothered to find out for ourselves, and really listen to someone who has been there about their experiences over there.

Where is there? well! turns out ‘there’ is alot of places, let’s give our list a run down. But first, what am I yammin’ on about? after my graduation from Kansai Gaidai, myself and Angie are starting another yet epic adventure with the aims of discovering the world. We are going to spend 2 months traveling around South East Asia and getting into all sorts of cultural troubles but most of all, we’re going to get out there and see as much as possible. How much is as much as possible for us? well let’s see.

First off, I’m going to Korea for a few days and then we both meet in Beijing for the traveling to begin. But first, the list!

1. Korea (both! tho North Korea only for a minute or two)
2. China (Beijing, parts of Tibet, Shanghai, Hong Kong)
3. Vietnam (Hanoi, Hue, Ho Chi Minh City aka Saigon)
4. Cambodia (Phnom Penh, Siem Reap)
5. Laos (Luang Prabang, Vientiane)
6. Thailand (Bangcok, Phuket)
7. Burma (Rangoon, Bagan)
8. Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur, Brunei)
9. Singapore

So we have a pretty big list of countries here with places to visit and that list is by no means done, just the notable places that we’ll be stopping off at.
Anywho, after hearing Scott recite the adventures he has had throughout the South East, we’ve become even more excited about our upcoming journey into Asia.

By doing so I’ve been thinking more and more about the trip home, for those that don’t know I intend to be home at the beginning of August, making it almost a year from when I left Australia. I’ll be enrolled for the second semester of 2010 so I’ll be skipping 2 weeks of classes at least before I’m back at it again. Thinking of uni and whatnot reminded me to encourage a friend to finally start up his student life again. Annnnnd he just may be joining me this oncoming semester at QUT, yes yes, it’s Mundy the one you know that just doesn’t care enough.

But that’s that, I don’t know what else to say. I’ve been researching these countries alot but Ange has been doing alot more than me, I’ve finally learnt how to say and spell Luang Prabang so I’m moving forward. Just found out it’s gonna cost me about 10,000 yen to send all my luggage back home by sea! yaaay.

Over and out! stressful times are starting now that it’s the final few weeks of my Kansai Gaidai experience but just think! 3 weeks from today and I’ll be in Beijing reunited with Ange. ^^